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Bolero: An intimate look at ‘What if?’
Heartbreak, the loss of love at a young age can be a devastating loss. At some point in our life, we may have experienced this kind of pain. A pain and loss so deep that running away would seem to be an appealing option. Bolero...
Anime / TV Series
Live-Action Anime Movie Review Round-Up
This month will see the release of the live-action adaptation of Bleach on Netflix, which to many (myself included) was one of the definitive anime series they grew up watching in the early 2000s that served as a gateway into t...
Comic Reviews
MANGA REVIEW: Naruto, Vol. #72
LONG OVERDUE SAYONARA! If you decide to formally achieve a sense of closure in the Naruto-verse, then Naruto Vol. #72 is the ultimate chapter for you. As I mention in my previous review, you can either consider Vol. #71 as the ...
Comic Reviews
MANGA REVIEW: Naruto, Vol. #71: I Love You Guys
ALMOST THE END! Naruto, Vol. #71: I Love You Guys was originally previewed as the supposed “last” Naruto story until I found out the bitter way, it’s the second-to-the-last or the penultimate one until its publisher, Shonen Ju...
Comic Reviews
GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: Blade of the Immortal Volume 31: Final Curtain TPB
After twenty years of waiting, Hiroaki Samura’s highly influential historical manga series, Blade of the Immortal, has finally finished. The artist already completed his writing chores in 2012, though the last story arc was ser...
Anime Reviews
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno DVD Review
Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Inferno is the second installment to the trilogy of the movie adaptation of the manga and anime series by Nobuhiro Watsuki’s which features the wandering Samurai Kenshin Himura. Kyoto Infer...
Comic Reviews
MANGA REVIEW: One Outs – Baseball and gambling mix well
Sports seinen manga, or those that have been adapted into an anime series like Major or Kuroko no Basket, [mostly] ridicules readers in advertently giving the central athletes and the team false powers fueled by friendship, hea...
Comic Reviews
MANGA REVIEW: Neon Genesis Evangelion Vol. 14 – An Anticlimatic End?
The end is finally here! After twenty years or so, Neon Genesis Evangelion by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto has finally come to a satisfying end in the last volume, number 14. Truth of the matter, I actually thought that its thirteenth vo...
Comic Reviews
MANGA REVIEW: Shinya Shokudou
If you have time, pull up a chair and take a seat. Eat. And listen.
Anime Reviews
ANIME REVIEW: Gundam Build Fighters Try
GBF Try is set seven years after the events of the first season. With the introduction of a new set of characters and new battle rules, expect another season filled with gundam action.
